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<p class=FaxBodyText><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Executive Directors
Summary<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class=FaxBodyText><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Now that we've had time
to observe the reactions and resulting coverage from the Open Identity for
Open Government Initiative, I want to discuss what we've gained and where we
are headed. Overall, the announcement, the foundations' presence in
Washington – at both The White House and the Gov 2.0 Summit, and the
media outreach, was a big boost to OpenID adoption and the open identity
community. For so long, the media and online influencers have taken a "looks
promising but wait and see" approach to open identity technology. This
announcement advanced the discussion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The
government’s effort underway is a pilot; a very deliberate beta test of
OpenID technology with new integration and interoperability tasks etc. We don't
know when we will finish but we do know we will make mistakes and wrestle
with usability and security issues.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>We
are at the beginning of a shakedown cruise on two tracks -the open source identity
technologies and the open trust frameworks. Both are parts of the GSA
ICAM schema and both on the agenda of the OpenID Foundation and Identity (IDF
and ICF) boards to consider. Just as we begin technical testing with
government pilots; we are also finalizing the certification or trust
framework process a critical element in government adoption and seen by some industry
leaders as applicable for high value commercial applications. The US
government is still finalizing requirements for credible, independent and
industry standards-based identity certification. Many international
governments as well as US state and local governments are studying the US
ICAM “schema” of technology protocols combined with industry self
certification models. Identity provider certification or Open Trust Framework
models have gained momentum after recent meetings with the Center for
Democracy in Technology and feedback from various government agencies including
the GSA ICAM leadership, NIST, NIH and the National Security Staff in the
White House. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=FaxBodyText><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Given all the players
involved it's hard to say what will be completed when. The most valuable new dynamic
is how many people and organizations are coalescing around a practical and
far reaching solution set for the challenges of identity from a user
perspective. This goes beyond the tired truisms that often characterize
privacy versus security debates. There is today, a real hunger for real
solutions in identity authentication. Whether you frame discussions as open government,
open source or open identity; there are powerful political, public and
commercial drivers at work involving identity on the web. New legal and
policy discussions around open identity trust frameworks are a leading edge
indication that practical solutions are in play and pragmatic (private and
public sectors) organizations are involved<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=FaxBodyText><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=FaxBodyText><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>That being said, while
the announcement resulted in approximately 30 stories, many of them were
replays of the press release. I believe that speaks to two issues. The first
is we announced a pilot. That means that once again, media can
"wait" for the NIH implementation to go live and "see"
what the results are. Second, this is a complicated story and requires more
than a release to understand. The most comprehensive articles were the ones
where the reporters were briefed in person. The joint briefings by me,
Drummond Reed, and the evangelism from Chris Messina, David Recordon and
Kaliya, paid off in outlets like Federal News Radio, Tech Target,
ReadWriteWeb, Wired and Fast Company.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=FaxBodyText><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Community and
Collaboration<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The other major take away was how well the OpenID and
Information Card foundations and community leaders worked together on the
initiative. The level of enthusiasm, cooperation and collaboration allowed us
to accomplish much in a short period of time with limited resources. The
announcement and conference served as a rallying event for the community and
industry. The government adoption of OpenID remained front and center
in venues like the Tao of Attributes and the OASIS Meetings in Washington DC.
See <a href="http://middleware.internet2.edu/tao-of-attributes/agenda.html">http://middleware.internet2.edu/tao-of-attributes/agenda.html</a><span
style='color:#1F497D'> and </span><a
href="http://events.oasis-open.org/home/forum/2009">http://events.oasis-open.org/home/forum/2009</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=FaxBodyText><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=FaxBodyText><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Emerging from these
events is the term "OpenID” as a category catchall for the
industry. This is most likely due to OpenID having strong recognition and society's
reliance on quick, sound bite, catchphrases, and the fact that OpenID has
some very well-connected, well-recognized brands working on its behalf (Google,
PayPal, etc) The industry, community and the two foundations will discuss how
best to manage that moving forward at IIW, the OpenID Summit and boards
meetings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=FaxBodyText><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=FaxBodyText><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Outreach and Opportunity<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class=FaxBodyText><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Public relations,
adoption and outreach, are processes not events. Open identity has gained
momentum and is in a strong position to grow. Not only have we peaked interest
with our pilot programs, but since the conference, there continues to be
stories in the blogosphere, mainstream and tech media about the
administration's open government efforts. <u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
<p class=FaxBodyText><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=FaxBodyText><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I see several
opportunities in front of us. The most obvious of course, is to continue to
update the media on our progress: new pilots, new IdP’s, results from
the NIH program etc. The other opportunity is a more proactive approach to
communication. The open government story is in the news now. The foundations
need to draft Op-Ed pieces and offer spokespeople from the community and
companies to the media for commentary on the issues. We should continue to
leverage our member company resources and our community talent pool as
experts. We know the media finds this story to be complicated.
Let’s continue to brief them so that the next time we make a big
announcement, they are ready with background information and we are ready
with an open source, user centric perspective.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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